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"Time Telescope" Could Boost Fibre-Optic Communications

An anonymous reader writes "A time lens can focus a chunk of time to a point, rather like a normal lens focuses light rays. Put two time lenses together and you can create what a Cornell University team calls a 'time domain telescope' which can magnify time. They sent a 2.5 nanosecond long light pulse, encoding 24 bits of information, into their time telescope. What came out on the other side was the same 24 bit pulse, but compressed into 92 picoseconds. Squashing more information into a light pulse could help to send more information via optical fibres."

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  1. Re:I think I saw a movie about this... by megamerican · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Ben Affleck starred.

    We're boned.

    So you were the guy who saw it.

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  2. These future Slashdot comments are hilarious... by BlueBoxSW.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. I should know since I read them 70 picoseconds ago using my time telescope.

  3. Re:Time compression? by sensei+moreh · · Score: 2, Funny

    They've got attention, but they haven't conveyed any information.

    They've conveyed the information, but it's encoded in the 24 bits of the light pulse

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  4. Ironic by kitezh · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I logged in, I was greeted with "Did you know subscribers can see articles in the future?"

  5. Know what it would be good for? by Cytlid · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can think of a myriad of uses ..|||..|.||. eady using it for that.

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  6. Re:salesman speak by Verdatum · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, just like the laser, what has that ever done for us? Other than provide stylish accessories for sharks, of course.

  7. Re:Oh good! by PrescriptionWarning · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but you may not like what you see. Lets just put it like this:

    Last Night
    You Beer
    Girl Hideous
    You Horny
    Taxi Ride
    Whale Ride

  8. What happens when you combine them? by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Funny

    What happens when you take four Time Lenses and align them to be 90 degree angles to each other?

    ONE MAN KNOWS THE TRUTH!

  9. Re:salesman speak by blueg3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    As it turns out, "part for the course" is "par for the course" when you hit one of the letters immediately adjacent to the "r".